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Member Of The Order Of The Niger
The Order of the Niger (OON) is the second highest national award in Nigeria. It was instituted in 1963 and is junior to the Order of the Federal Republic, the highest order of merit in the country. Award The two highest honours, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic and Grand Commander in the Order of the Niger, are awarded to the president and vice-president respectively. The presiding judge in the Supreme Court and the chairman of the Senate are qualitative and ex officio Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger. Grades Nigeria followed the British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ... example in the form and structure of the order. Similarly, there are post-nominal letters for members of the Order of the Niger. * Grand Commander of the Orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Order Of The Niger Nigeria
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of different ways * Hierarchy, an arrangement of items that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another * an action or inaction that must be obeyed, mandated by someone in authority People * Orders (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Order'' (film), a 2005 Russian film * ''Order'' (album), a 2009 album by Maroon * "Order", a 2016 song from '' Brand New Maid'' by Band-Maid * ''Orders'' (1974 film), a film by Michel Brault * "Orders" (''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'') Business * Blanket order, a purchase order to allow multiple delivery dates over a period of time * Money order or postal order, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Azubuike Ihejirika
Azubuike Ihejirika, (born 13 February 1956) is a retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant general and former Chief of Army Staff. Early life and education Ihejirika was born on 13 February 1956, in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, Southeastern Nigeria. He was educated at Williams Memorial High School in Afugiri, a town in Umuahia North, Abia State where he obtained a London General Certificate in 1975, as well as the West African Senior School Certificate Examination with a grade I distinction. He is a member of the 18th Regular Combatant Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in December 1977 into the Corps of Nigerian Army Engineers (NAE). Ihejirika holds a BSc (Hons) in Quantity Survey from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and is an alumnus of military institutions such as the Command and Staff College, Jajii and the National War College. Military career Ihejirika was on the Directing Staff at the Command and Staf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Liyel Imoke
Liyel Imoke (born 10 July 1961) is a Nigerian politician who served as the List of Governors of Cross River State, governor of Cross River State, Nigeria from 29 May 2007 till 29 May 2015. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria), People's Democratic Party (PDP). Background Liyel Imoke hails from Agbo tribe in Abi, Cross River, Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State. His father, Dr. Samuel Imoke, was a medical doctor who became a cabinet minister and leader of Parliament in the former Eastern Region, Nigeria, Eastern Region. Liyel Imoke was born on 10 July 1961 at Ibadan in the then Western Region, Nigeria, Western Region of Nigeria. Liyel Imoke attended Mary Knoll College, Okuku, Ogoja and then the Federal Government College Enugu (1973–1977) for his secondary education. He obtained a bachelor's degree in International Relations and Economics at the University of Maryland in the United States in 1982. He then studied law at the University of Bucking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Peter Obi
Peter Gregory Obi (; born 19 July 1961) is a Nigerian politician and businessman who was the Governor of Anambra State under President Olusegun Obasanjo from 17 March 2006 to 3 November 2006, when he was impeached. He was reinstated on 9 February 2007 and continued his tenure until 2010. He was reelected for his second term until 7 March 2014. A member of the Labour Party since 2022, he was the presidential candidate in the 2023 Nigerian presidential election. Born in Onitsha, Anambra, Obi graduated from Christ the King College, Onitsha and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He began his career in banking and later went into politics. He contested for the office of the Anambra State Governor in 2003 under the All Progressives Grand Alliance. Victory in the election was awarded to Chris Ngige, who was subsequently sworn in as the governor. Obi successfully challenged this outcome in court and was declared the duly elected candidate, becoming the governor of the state on 17 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Akin Mabogunje
Akinlawon Ladipo "Akin" Mabogunje (18 October 1931 – 4 August 2022) was a Nigerian geographer. He was the first African president of the International Geographical Union. In 1999, he was the first African to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences. In 2017, he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and received the Vautrin Lud Prize. In 1968, Mabogunje wrote ''Urbanization in Nigeria'', about urbanization and state formation. In the book, Mabogunje argued that the existence of specialists is not sufficient to cause urbanization. Mabogunje describes three "limiting conditions" which are additionally required: a surplus of food production, a small group of powerful people to control the surplus and maintain peace, and a class of traders or merchants who can provide materials to the specialists. He was the Chairman of Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy and mentor to its founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oba Otudeko
Oba Otudeko Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR (born 18 August 1943) is a Nigerian Businessperson, businessman who serves as the founder and chairman of the Honeywell Group. He was a former chairman of FBN Holdings and founder of the Oba Otudeko Foundation. Early life and education Ayoola Oba Otudeko was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, South-West Nigeria on 18 August 1943 to a royal family, thus making him an Oba (ruler)#Oloye, Omoba of the Yoruba people. His mother was a businesswoman. He studied at St. John’s School, Oke-Agbo, in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State before proceeding to Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo. Later, he studied Accountancy at the Leeds College of Commerce Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (which is now part of the Leeds Beckett University). Professionally, Oba Otudeko is a Chartered Banker, Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Corporate Secretary. Oba Otudeko has also attended executive management training programs at International Institute for Management Develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ahmed Idris Wase
Ahmed Idris (known as Ahmed Idris Wase; born 1 June 1964) is a Nigerian politician who served as deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He is a member of All Progressives Congress. Education and personal life Idris attended LSB Primary School Bashar in Wase, Plateau, Government Secondary school Mbar, Government Secondary school Dengi, Plateau State Polytechnic, Kaduna Polytechnic and Harvard Kennedy School of Government United States. Non-political offices *Civil & Maintenance, Works Dept. C.O.E., Gindiri Member. *Sub-Establishment Committee, C.O.E., Gindiri. *Chairman, Non-Academic Staff Union, C.O.E., Gindiri (1989–1994). *Chairman, Senior Staff Welfare Committee (1990–1993). *Chairman, Joint Academic & Non-Academic Staff Union of Plateau State Tertiary Institutions (1992–1994). *President, Civil Eng. Students Asso., Kaduna Poly Branch (1994–1995). *Dir. Of organization, Gamji Memorial Club, KadPoly Branch (1994–1995) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tony Elumelu
Anthony Onyemaechi Elumelu (born 22 March 1963) is a Nigerian economist, banker and philanthropist. He chairs Heirs Holdings, Transcorp, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and is the founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation. In 2020, Elumelu was named on ''Time''s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Early life Childhood and family Elumelu was born in Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, on 22 March 1963, to Suzanne and Dominic Elumelu, originally from Onicha-Ukwu in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. An Igbo by ethnicity, he grew up with four siblings, one of whom is Ndudi Elumelu, the minority leader in the Nigerian legislature. Education Elumelu studied Economics at Ambrose Alli University, obtaining a Bachelor of Science with a Lower Second Class (2:2). Afterward, obtained a Master of Science degree in Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Folagbade Olateru Olagbegi III
Folagbade Olateru Olagbegi III, Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria, CFR, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN (June 26, 1941 – April 16, 2019) was the Tradition, traditional ruler of Owo (Olowo of Owo), Ondo State, Nigeria. He was the eldest son of the late Olowo of Owo, Olateru Olagbegi II, Sir Olateru Olagbegi (1910–1998). He succeeded his father as the Olowo of Owo in 1999 but was given the staff of office as the Olowo of Owo on December 11, 2003, by late Olusegun Agagu, former executive governor of Ondo State. He celebrated his 15th coronation anniversary in 2014 Background and education Oba Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi was born into the ruling family in Owo. He was the eldest son of the late Olowo of Owo, Sir Olateru Olagbegi II, Titus Olateru Olagbegi II. He received his first degree in law from London, United Kingdom, UK and attended Nigerian Law School, Nigeria Law school, in 1968. Whilst he was working at the law school he married the late Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi, Bisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe (; born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel ''Things Fall Apart'' (1958) occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel. Along with ''Things Fall Apart'', his '' No Longer at Ease'' (1960) and '' Arrow of God'' (1964) complete the "African Trilogy". Later novels include '' A Man of the People'' (1966) and '' Anthills of the Savannah'' (1987). Achebe is often referred to as the "father of modern African literature", although he vigorously rejected the characterization. Born in Ogidi, Colonial Nigeria, Achebe's childhood was influenced by both Igbo traditional culture and colonial Christianity. He excelled in school and attended what is now the University of Ibadan, where he became fiercely critical of how Western literature depicted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bolaji Akinyemi
Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi (born 4 January 1942) is a Nigerian professor of political science who was Nigeria External Affairs Minister from 1985 to late 1987. He is the chairman of the National Think Tank. Early life and education Akinyemi was born in Ilesa, in what is now Osun State. He attended Igbobi College in Yaba from 1955 until 1959, Christ's School Ado Ekiti from 1960 to 1961, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, from 1962 to 1964, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, US, 1964 to 1966, and Trinity College, Oxford, England, from 1966 until 1969. He was a visiting professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and at the Diplomacy Training Programme, University of Nairobi, Kenya, both in 1977. He was Regents Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, US, in 1979, professor of political science at the University of Lagos, from 1983 until 1985, and visiting fello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Victoria Gowon
Victoria Hansatu Gowon (born 22 August 1946) is a Nigerian nurse and the third first lady of Nigeria. She is married to General Yakubu Gowon who was Nigerian Head of State from 1966 to 1975. Biography Victoria Hansatu Zakari was born on 22 August 1946 to Malam Walter Bala, a civil servant and Lydia Fati Zakari in Zaria. She attended primary and secondary school in both Zaria and Kaduna. She completed her secondary education in 1964. She attended school of Nursing at the University College Hospital, Ibadan and qualified as a registered nurse in July 1968. She married Yakubu Gowon during the Nigerian Civil War on 19 April 1969 in a ceremony held at Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos The Cathedral Church of Christ Marina, Lagos is an Anglican cathedral on Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria. History The foundation stone for the first cathedral building was laid on 29 March 1867 and the cathedral was established in 1869. The cathedr .... She made public appearances because Yakubu Gowon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
